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Buildings

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Tallest Buildings

This list features the tallest buildings in the world.

RANK

BUILDING

LOCATION

HEIGHT

YEAR

PURPOSE

1

Burj Khalifa

Dubai, UAE

828 m (2,717 ft)

2010

Office / Residential / Hotel

2

Merdeka 118

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

679 m (2,227 ft)

2023

Hotel / Serviced Apartments / Office

3

Shanghai Tower

Shanghai, China

632 m (2,073 ft)

2015

Hotel / Office

4

Makkah Royal Clock Tower

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

601 m (1,972 ft)

2012

Serviced Apartments / Hotel / Retail

5

Ping An Finance Center

Shenzhen, China

599 m (1,965 ft)

2017

Office

6

Lotte World Tower

Seoul, South Korea

555 m (1,819 ft)

2017

Hotel / Residential / Office / Retail

7

One World Trade Center

New York City, USA

541 m (1,776 ft)

2014

Office

8

Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

Guangzhou, China

530 m (1,739 ft)

2016

Hotel / Residential / Office

9

Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

Tianjin, China

530 m (1,739 ft)

2019

Hotel / Serviced Apartments / Office

10

CITIC Tower

Beijing, China

528 m (1,731 ft)

2018

Office

11

TAIPEI 101

Taipei, Taiwan

508 m (1,667 ft)

2004

Office

12

Shanghai World Financial Center

Shanghai, China

492 m (1,614 ft)

2008

Hotel / Office

13

International Commerce Centre

Hong Kong

484 m (1,588 ft)

2010

Hotel / Office

14

Wuhan Greenland Center

Wuhan, China

476 m (1,560 ft)

2023

Hotel / Serviced Apartments / Office

15

Central Park Tower

New York City, USA

472 m (1,550 ft)

2020

Residential / Retail

16

Lakhta Center

St. Petersburg, Russia

462 m (1,516 ft)

2019

Office

17

Vincom Landmark 81

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

461 m (1,513 ft)

2018

Hotel / Residential

18

Changsha IFS Tower T1

Changsha, China

452 m (1,483 ft)

2018

Hotel / Office

19

Petronas Twin Tower 1

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

452 m (1,483 ft)

1998

Office

20

Petronas Twin Tower 2

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

452 m (1,483 ft)

1998

Office

21

Zifeng Tower

Nanjing, China

450 m (1,476 ft)

2010

Hotel / Office

22

Suzhou IFS

Suzhou, China

450 m (1,476 ft)

2019

Hotel / Office / Serviced Apartments

23

The Exchange 106

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

445 m (1,462 ft)

2019

Office

24

Wuhan Tower

Wuhan, China

443 m (1,454 ft)

2019

Hotel / Residential / Office

25

Willis Tower

Chicago, USA

442 m (1,451 ft)

1974

Office

26

KK100

Shenzhen, China

442 m (1,449 ft)

2011

Hotel / Office

27

Guangzhou International Finance Center

Guangzhou, China

439 m (1,439 ft)

2010

Hotel / Office

28

111 West 57th Street

New York City, USA

435 m (1,428 ft)

2021

Residential

29

One Vanderbilt Avenue

New York City, USA

427 m (1,401 ft)

2020

Office

30

432 Park Avenue

New York City, USA

426 m (1,397 ft)

2015

Residential


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References

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). (2024). Buildings. Available at: https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buildings [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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